Today in class, we did a forgiving meditation. Which when I heard that it did not sound good to me; two things that I’m not good at, the first being forgiving, and the other meditation. I found that this meditation exercise had the opposite effect, instead of forgiving, it made me more hostile remembering unpleasant … Continue reading
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Eve Ensler’s Social Justice Message
Eve Ensler’s idea about social justice is not like the other messages that we’ve heard about. The other messages we’ve heard about so far are on topics of world crisis status, ones that have been a problem for decades, such as racial discrimination. However, Eve Ensler’s point she wanted to discuss was about the attempt … Continue reading
Research Paper annotated bibs
Greenwood, Arin. “Nuisance Or Necessity? ADA Suit May Overturn Pit-Bull Bans.” ABA Journal 97.9 (2011): 18. Academic Search Complete. Web. 11 Oct. 2012. In this article, Greenwood tells of a situation in Denver, Colorado, in which a lawsuit was filed because of people claiming that the law in the city banning all pit bulls violated … Continue reading
Library Visit
While visiting the school library today, I learned some new information about the library. I learned that the library has a mobile app that you can download on your phones, iPads, and iPods. Also, the library offers drop-in tutoring, and study rooms that you can reserve. I think the database link on the library’s home … Continue reading
Aaron Huey
It was obvious Aaron Huey seemed to be deeply upset by the tears that he tried to fight back in his TED talk video about the fact that the Lakota Indian tribe has been cheated out of their contracts and left to fend for themselves with little to no help at all after being treated … Continue reading
Finished “The Things They Carried”
I just finished reading Tim O’Brien’s novel, “The Things They Carried,” it was a pretty depressing book, the main character, Tim, doesn’t seem to have a lot of luck. The climax is difficult to determine, because this novel is really just full of short stories. Before he went to war, Tim was a kind, innocent … Continue reading
Conflicts
In Tim O’Brien’s novel, “The Things They Carried,” the main character experiences many types of conflicts. He goes through man vs. self when he has to decide if he should go to war, or escape and run away to Canada. Also, he faces man vs. society conflict because when deciding if he should run to … Continue reading
Wisdom Walk
When going on the “wisdom walk” in the beginning of class today, the place I started at was a small, open field, near woods, and a playground, I know this place very well from my childhood, I walked those woods and through the field to the park all the time in New Jersey. As I … Continue reading
Meditating in class.
After meditating for ten minutes in class, I feel like I just took a short power nap, which is always good to have during an early morning class, but I did have a lot of trouble with concentrating and focusing on my breathing. My thoughts were scattered and jumping right from one idea to the … Continue reading
Meditation is..
Meditation is an old technique that is used to calm someone and clear their mind of any stress and problems they are dealing with, and to reach a peaceful and happy state of mind. Continue reading
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